What to Cook When It’s Too Hot to Cook How’s summer? I’m back in Houston after a fun-filled summer. My youngest starts pre-season sports tomorrow and I’m currently a broken record stuck on “have you done your summer reading” and “unpack your suitcase.” We’re slowly transitioning to a routine, one baby step at a time….
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Weekly Meal Plan // March 20-25
Post Vacation Blues What’s your post-vacation dinner of choice? Usually, our go-to is an order of fajitas or a big batch of spaghetti. We really don’t deviate between those two. Saturday night, it was fajitas delivered to the door after a day that included a water taxi, regular taxi, the most chaotic airport situation I’ve…
Weekly Meal Plan // February 21-25
It was a cool, wintery long weekend in Texas. We relaxed out at Kitchenette Farm and caught up with my sister-in-law, who was visiting from southern California, and my niece. We showed them some of our favorite local sites, like Ellis Motel, Townsend, Stash and Shop Courtney Barton, and cooked an easy dinner at home….
Weekly Meal Plan // January 23-28
Easy Family Dinners Are What We Need! Does this feel like the longest month there ever was? It sure does. I’m going to get us through our last week of January with an easy (and healthy) meal plan! I had my first “Friday at the Farm” class last week and it pretty much made my…
Weekly Meal Plan // January 9-14
Delicious Weeknight Dinners Happy Sunday! Here’s a link to my winter cooking class schedule. I hope you can join me for an online or in-person class. Let’s get to this week’s meal plan! SUNDAY Grilled chicken served with shortcut caesar salad. My oldest also made a batch of focaccia dough yesterday that we’re cooking off….
Weekly Meal Plan // Dec 5-10
Dinners for the Week Ahead SUNDAY Christmas cookies all day over here. And the dishes to prove it! Peppermint bark, peanut butter blossoms, and the best of intentions to make Joy the Baker’s peanut butter balls. I’m heating up leftover bolognese for dinner and tossing a Caesar salad. I make this dressing in a glass…
Weekly Meal Plan // November 14-19
The Last Stretch Until Thanksgiving Today I’m heading out to Houston Oaks Holiday Market for their inaugural show. I’ll be there with Hunter Bell + Smart in the Kitchen aprons on Sunday and Monday! Come say hi if you’re attending, it’s open to members and non-members alike and will be a FUN way to kick…
Weekly Meal Plan // November 7-12
Here We Go! Dinners for a Busy Week I had so many things I wanted to say tonight, but I’m not quite sure where to begin. Instead, I’ll just say that there’s a gaggle of boisterous senior girls laughing in my kitchen and that makes the world feel ok and a lot less scary. And…
Weekly Meal Plan // October 17-22
SUNDAY The plan was to make “clean out the fridge soup” otherwise known as kale and white bean minestrone. But then I started doing laundry, and listening to Atomic Habits, and cleaning out my closet. I honestly don’t have the energy to cut and chop one thing. Been there? I’m making a simple pasta casserole…
Weekly Meal Plan // October 10-15
The Dinner Plan Here’s our real life weekly meal plan. Take a minute on Sunday to make a plan for the week, you won’t regret it! SUNDAY We have a fall break this weekend, and I’m happily in Austin eating all the tacos. If you’re having a lazy weekend at home, make these protein pancakes…